AZ CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING: Tribal water settlement aims to repair generations of exclusion Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting Colorado River July 23, 2025by Christopher Lomahquahu, Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting Guiding a Toyota pickup along a narrow dirt road south of Second...
NEVADA CURRENT: Tribes help boost Lake Mead water supply, hope for lame duck passage of $5B federal water act Nevada Current Colorado River December 9, 2024by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Since 2021, a handful of Colorado River Basin tribes have significantly boosted water supply in...
ASPEN JOURNALISM: Feds rule that next round of drought relief funding won’t cover tribes’ unused water Aspen Journalism Colorado River October 4, 2024Tribal and state officials say Reclamation walked back support for forbearance payments By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism Tribes in the...
GRIST: Tribes could lease their water to dry states. Why is it so hard? Grist Colorado River May 16, 2024The Colorado River Indian Tribes can now lease water to non-Indigenous users along the drought-stricken river. Most nations can’t do...
ASPEN JOURNALISM: Lower basin water managers say it’s time to fix their supply/demand problem Aspen Journalism Colorado River December 15, 2023Colorado has long pushed for recognition of overuse By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalsim Representatives from two lower basin states on...
PRO PUBLICA: The Colorado River Flooded Chemehuevi Land. Decades Later, the Tribe Still Struggles to Take Its Share of Water. Pro Publica Colorado River July 6, 2023The Chemehuevi’s reservation fronts about 30 miles of the Colorado River, yet 97% of the tribe’s water stays in the...
NEVADA CURRENT: Climate change intensifying competition for water in the West Nevada Current Colorado River October 16, 2021SNWA chief warns of fights ‘over water that simply isn’t there’ by Jacob Fischler, Nevada Current States in the Colorado...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Tribal influence over Arizona water growing Courthouse News Service Colorado River August 14, 2021Because of the confluence of relatively recent water rights settlements and a looming shortage of Colorado River water, tribes like...
